innovation

See also: Innovation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus. Morphologically innovate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

innovation (countable and uncountable, plural innovations)

1. The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
   • 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:

     The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

   • 1954, Peter Drucker, The Landmarks of Tomorrow:

     Innovation is more than a new method. It is a new view of the universe, as one of risk rather than of chance or of certainty. It is a new view of man's role in the universe; he creates order by taking risks. And this means that innovation, rather than being an assertion of human power, is an acceptance of human responsibility.

2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs
   • 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:  […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

     The others, whose time had been more actively employed, began to shew symptoms of innovation,—"the good wine did its good office." The frost of etiquette, and pride of birth, began to give way before the genial blessings of this benign constellation, and the formal appellatives with which the three dignitaries had hitherto addressed each other, were now familiarly abbreviated into Tully, Bally, and Killie.

3. Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
4. A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Antonyms

• exnovation

Derived terms

• lexical innovation
• necessity is the mother of innovation

Descendants

• → Turkish: inovasyon

Translations

act of innovating

• Armenian: նորարարություն (hy) (norararutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: новаторство (bg) n (novatorstvo)
• Catalan: innovació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 革新 (zh) (géxīn), (creation and innovation) 創新／创新 (zh) (chuàngxīn)

• Czech: inovace (cs) f
• Danish: innovation c
• Dutch: innovatie (nl) f, vernieuwing (nl) f
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: innovointi (fi), uudistaminen (fi), keksiminen (fi)
• French: innovation (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Innovation (de) f
• Greek: καινοτομία (el) (kainotomía)
• Hungarian: innováció (hu)
• Irish: nuáil f
• Japanese: イノベーション (ja) (inobēshon), 革新 (ja) (かくしん, kakushin)
• Kazakh: жаңашылдық (jañaşyldyq), жаңартпа (jañartpa), инновация (innovasiä)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: reka baru, inovasi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innovasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: innovasjon m

• Polish: innowacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: inovação (pt) f
• Russian: нова́торство (ru) n (novátorstvo), иннова́ция (ru) f (innovácija)
• Southern Altai: јаҥырту (ǰaŋïrtu)
• Spanish: innovación (es) f
• Swedish: innovation (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: นวัตกรรม (ná-wát-dtà-gam)
• Vietnamese: sáng tạo (vi)

something new

• Armenian: նորարարություն (hy) (norararutʻyun), նորամուծություն (hy) (noramucutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: нововъведение (bg) n (novovǎvedenie), иновация f (inovacija)
• Catalan: innovació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新方法 (xīn fāngfǎ)

• Czech: inovace (cs) f
• Dutch: innovatie (nl) f, nieuwigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: innovaatio (fi), uudistus (fi), keksintö (fi)
• French: innovation (fr) f
• German: Innovation (de) f, Novität (de) f
• Hungarian: innováció (hu)
• Irish: nuálaíocht f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innovasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: innovasjon m

• Portuguese: inovação (pt) f
• Russian: нововведе́ние (ru) n (novovvedénije), иннова́ция (ru) f (innovácija), но́вшество (ru) n (nóvšestvo)
• Spanish: innovación (es) f
• Ukrainian: нововве́дення (uk) n (novovvédennja), іннова́ція (uk) f (innovácija)

newly formed shoot of moss

• Finnish: verso (fi)

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} innovatie (nl) f
• French: ^{(please verify)} innovation (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Innovation (de) f
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} innováció (hu)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} innovazione (it) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 革新 (ja) (かくしん, kakushin)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} innovasjon (no) m
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} inovácija (sh) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} innovación (es) f
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} inovasyon (tr), ^{(please verify)} yenileşim (tr)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} інова́ція f (inovácija)

Danish

Noun

innovation c (singular definite innovationen, plural indefinite innovationer)

1. innovation

Declension

Declension of innovation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	innovation	innovationen	innovationer	innovationerne
genitive	innovations	innovationens	innovationers	innovationernes

Related terms

• innovativ
• innovatør
• innovere

Further reading

• “innovation” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “innovation” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, borrowed from Late Latin innovātiōnem, from Latin innovāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃/, /in.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

innovation f (plural innovations)

1. innovation

Related terms

• innover
• innovateur

Further reading

• “innovation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

innovation c

1. innovation

Declension

Declension of innovation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	innovation	innovationen	innovationer	innovationerna
Genitive	innovations	innovationens	innovationers	innovationernas

Related terms

• innovativ
• innovatör
• innovera

See also

• uppfinning (“invention”)

Further reading

• innovation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)